Steve Lees, Director at smartnewhomes.com, comments on the Localism Bill:
“While the Localism Bill is welcomed for putting local residents at the heart of community decisions, the jury is still out as to whether it will actually allow new homes to be built in the volume required. Incentives for local communities to embrace new homes, such as the New Homes Bonus, infers that homes are merely a quick-fix income generator for increasingly cash-strapped councils instead of much needed homes for local people that also create thousands of jobs.
"The UK is still woefully short of new houses to meet demand from the growth in population. Grant Shapps has said he wants to see a return to the age of aspiration but aspirations are no good if the reality is illusive. Some estimates suggest that plans for over 100,000 new homes have been put on ice since the coalition came to power as councils wait to hear what policy changes are planned. Is the government shrugging off its housebuilding responsibilities in the name of the Big Society?"
See Also: Press Releases (371), Property News (6701), Grant Shapps (23), New Homes Bonus (7), Housebuilding (2), Localism Bill (6)
Date Published: 13 December 2010
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